Grand Prix

See also: grand prix

English

Alternative forms

grand prix
GP (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Grand Prix, from Grand Prix de Paris (“Great Prize of Paris”), an international horserace at Longchamps.

Pronunciation

(partly anglicised) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑ̃ ˈpɹiː/, /ɡɹɒ̃ ˈpɹiː/
(UK, anglicised) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒn ˈpɹiː/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹæn(d) ˈpɹiː/, /ɡɹɑn ˈpɹiː/

Noun

Grand Prix (plural Grands Prix)

An international motorsport race, especially one part of a Formula One series.
(by extension) A major sporting event or award in any field.

Derived terms

eprix

Translations

motorsport race

Arabic: اَلْجَائِزَة اَلْكُبْرَى f (al-jāʔiza l-kubrā), غْرَان بْرِي m (ḡrān brī)
Catalan: Gran Premi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大獎賽 / 大奖赛 (Dàjiǎngsài), 格蘭披治 / 格兰披治 (Gélán-pīzhì)
Dutch: Grote Prijs m
French: Grand Prix (fr) m
German: Großer Preis m, Grand Prix (de) m
Hungarian: nagydíj (hu)
Italian: Gran Premio m
Japanese: 大賞 (ja) (taishō), グランプリ (ja) (guran-puri)
Korean: 그랑프리 (ko) (Geurangpeuri)
Malay: Grand Prix
Polish: grand prix (pl) n
Portuguese: Grande Prémio m, (Brazil) Grande Prêmio m
Russian: Гран-при́ m (Gran-prí)
Spanish: Gran Premio m
Turkish: Grand Prix m

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Grand Prix de Paris ("Grand Prize of Paris"), an international horserace at Longchamps.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃ pʁi/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Grand Prix m (plural Grands Prix)

Grand Prix (literal translation Grand Prize)

Derived terms

eprix

Descendants

Arabic: → اَلْجَائِزَة اَلْكُبْرَى (al-jāʔiza l-kubrā) (calque), → غْرَان بْرِي (ḡrān brī) (transliteration)
Chinese: → 大獎賽 / 大奖赛 (dàjiǎngsài) (calque), → 格蘭披治 / 格兰披治 (gélánpīzhì) (transliteration)
→ Dutch: Grote Prijs (calque)
→ English: Grand Prix
German: → Großer Preis (calque), → Grand Prix
→ Hungarian: nagydíj (calque)
→ Italian: Gran Premio (calque)
Japanese: → 大賞 (calque), → グランプリ (transliteration)
→ Korean: 그랑프리 (Geurangpeuri) (transliteration)
→ Polish: grand prix
Portuguese: → Grande Prémio (calque), → Grand Prix
→ Russian: Гран-при́ (Gran-prí) (transliteration)
→ Spanish: Gran Premio (calque)
→ Turkish: Grand Prix

German

Etymology

From French Grand Prix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (singular) /ɡrãˈpriː/, [ɡʁãˈpʁiː], [ɡʁɔ̃-], [ɡʁaŋ-], [ɡʁɔŋ-], [ɡʁam-], [ɡʁɔm-]
IPA^(key): (plural, optionally genitive singular) /ɡrãˈpriːs/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Grand Prix m (strong, genitive Grand Prix, plural Grand Prix or (learned) Grands Prix)

(sports, chiefly motor racing, equestrianism) Grand Prix
Synonym: Großer Preis
(music) Eurovision Song Contest (dated, still used by some of those born before ca. 1990)
Synonyms: ESC, Eurovision

See also: Grande Prêmio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Grande Prêmio (Brazil)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Grand Prix.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃ ˈpɾiks/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾan ˈpɾiks/

Proper noun

Grand Prix m

Grand Prix
Synonym: Grande Prémio

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Grand Prix.

Noun

Grand Prix (plural Grand Prix'ler or Grands Prix)

Grand Prix